John Krish

Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 24 (Director), 14 (Writer)
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British scientists are working toward harnessing the power of the human mind for transportation across space and time, but they soon learn, following a suspicious death, that someone or something may be working to stop them.
Jesus of Nazareth,the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of his disciples, public miracles and ministry, ending with his death by crucifixion at the hands of the Roman empire and resurrection on the third day (imdb)
The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953) - Short Film
London bids an emotional farewell to its last trams in 1952. The film, completed in 'Last Tram Week', takes you through the streets of South London and along the Embankment with two cockneys, remembering a song about trams they sang in the music halls fifty years before. Finally, 20,000 Londoners cheer and sing their goodbyes to the trams for the final journey into New Cross depot. (London Transport Museum)
The Finishing Line (1977) - Short Film
A schoolboy's daydream of a fantasy sports day in a railway location, in which the events are acts of vandalism and trespass, is used to show the injuries and death which can be caused by such behaviour. (BFI)
Drive Carefully, Darling (1975) - Short Film
John Krish's film uses a bizarre narrative premise to convey the message of an instructional documentary (and indeed, the film won a Grierson Award). That message, to experienced drivers, that driving carefully is potentially a matter of life and death, is communicated by presenting a car journey through the eyes of the driver, intercut with scenes of actors supposedly representing the inner workings of his brain. (BFI)
In this feather-weight version of Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall, Paul Pennyfeather (Robin Phillips) is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself expelled after a gang of drunken freshmen remove his pants and he is accused of exposing himself to a girl. Looking for work, he retains the services of an unsavory employment agency that secures a position for him at a sleazy Welsh boarding school for boys, presided over by the colorful Dr. Fagan (Donald Wolfit). (allmovie.com)
Peter Reaney (Rod Taylor) is the successful talent agent who enjoys the things that money can buy. He also considers himself a parasite, living off the talents of his clients. When his wife Angela (Penelope Horner) walks out on him, he moves in with his friend Val (James Booth) and his wife Jody (Carol White). He and Jody engage in an adulterous affair, but Peter's main worry is doing damage control for the spoiled pop singer Barry Black (Clive Francis). (allmovie.com)
Following three trainee prison officers as they're shown around two of Her Majesty's Prisons.
Let My People Go (1961) - Short Film
Documentary driven by the Sharpeville slaughter in South Africa and made to raise awareness in the British public on Apartheid. (Filmaffinity)
This Year-London (1951) - Short Film
A factory employees trip to London with the sights and the bright lights. (BFI)
Docudrama, made for Military Intelligence, about what it was like to be a British prisoner of the North Koreans in the 1950-1953 war. (imdb)
I Think They Call Him John (1964) - Short Film
The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier. (themoviedb)
Satirical view of the British middle class in the 60s. Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon. However, she's plagued by doubts about whether her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male colleagues don't miss a chance to comfort her... and flirt. (imdb)
What's in a Number (1948) - Short Film
The eccentric Richard Massingham gives a slapstick-laden lesson about the importance of knowing your national insurance number.
They Took Us to the Sea (1961) - Short Film
A group of children from Birmingham are taken on a day's outing to the seaside.
Return to Life (1959) - Short Film
A refugee family comes to terms with living in England and adjusting to a new language and culture.
The amusing adventures of four children who inadvertently sell for scrap iron a bed belonging to one of their parents, and set off in hot pursuit as the bed is passed from one dealer to another. (cftf.org.uk)
During the plague of 1665, a boy from the stricken village of Eyam is hounded to his death by neighbouring villagers. His ghost is unable to rest until it is released from the darkness. (cftf.org.uk)
Away for the Day (1952) - Short Film
British Transport documentary about the virtues of a day out in the country.
Sewing Machine (1973) - Short Film
A mother sewing at home is interspersed with shots of her kid going into the street and getting involved in a road accident. (imdb)
They Had An Idea (1953) - Short Film
In every industry workers still need skill and knowledge, but a dash of imagination will often mean more pleasure from the job as well as greater efficiency. This film presents four examples: the invention of a ratchet device for turning rails; reshaping worn spanners at a locomotive works; speeding up the replacement of old escalator slats using a drill attachment; and finally, the thoughtful porter working at a country station who goes out of his way to warn a regular passenger.